Beam quality of partially polarized beams propagating through lenslike birefringent elements

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作者
Piquero, G [1 ]
Movilla, JM [1 ]
Mejías, PM [1 ]
Martínez-Herrero, R [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Complutense Madrid, Fac Ciencias Fis, Dept Opt, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION | 1999年 / 16卷 / 11期
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10.1364/JOSAA.16.002666
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Changes generated by lenslike birefringent elements on the beam-quality parameter of partially polarized beams are investigated. Analytical expressions for the beam-quality gain at the output of such systems are given in terms of the second-order intensity moments of the field. Explicit conditions to improve and optimize the beam-quality parameter after propagation through these birefringent transmittances are also shown. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America [S0740-3232(99)00911-4].
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